Complete Marvel Civil War Reading Order

I have been collecting a couple issues so that I can start in on what is the most massive and well regarded cross-over events in recent Marvel memory. Civil War tells the story of the State’s desire to make those with superpowers register. Tony Stark(Ironman) generally supports this effort, mainly because he is not superpowered, and Captain America is avidly against this kind of State intrusion in people’s lives. This split the Marvel universe right down the middle and created an incredible change that we are still feeling. I am going to be putting down the complete Marvel Civil War reading order, which is one of the more complex and lengthy of the recent Marvel crossover events. I am going to be using the reading order put together by Comic Book Herald, who are always great and thoughtful when compiling their reading orders. This is not the final word on what order to read these comics in and different reading orders make some small changes, so if you disagree with parts of this order, please comment and let us know!

The Road to Civil War

Amazing Spider-Man #529 – #530

New Avengers: Illuminati

Fantastic Four #536 – #537

Amazing Spider-Man #531

Civil War: Opening Shot #1

Stamford Bomb

Civil War #1

She-Hulk #8

Wolverine #42

X-Factor #8

New Avengers #21

Black Panther #17

Civil War: Front Line #1

Amazing Spider-Man #532

The Act Passes / Sides Are Chosen

Civil War #2

Amazing Spider-Man #533

Civil War: Front Line #2

She-Hulk #9

Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts #103

New Avengers #22

Blade #4

Sensational Spider-Man #28

X-Factor #9

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #11 – #13

Opening Shots

Civil War: Front Line #3

Heroes For Hire #1

Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #1 – #4

Dark Avengers/Thunderbolts #104 – #105

Cable & Deadpool #30

Fantastic Four #538

New X-Men #28 – #32

Not direct tie-ins but connect to Storm’s events in Black Panther #18

Black Panther #18

Civil War: Frontline #4

Daredevil #87

Another indirect tie-in that explains Daredevil’s appearances during Civil War

Civil War: Choosing Sides #1

Black Panther #19

Iron Man #13

Black Panther #20

Civil War: Front Line #5

Sensational Spider-Man #29 – #31

War

Civil War #3

Civil War #4

Civil War: Front Line #6

Cable & Deadpool #31 – #32

Wolverine #43 – #45

Captain America #22 – #23

Civil War: Front Line #7

Amazing Spider-Man #534

Fantastic Four #539

Black Panther #21 – #22

Civil War: X-Men #1 – #4

Heroes For Hire #2 – #3

Ms. Marvel #6 – #8

New Avengers #23 – #24

Civil War: The Return

Captain America/Iron Man: Casualties of War

Wolverine #46 – #47

Black Panther #23

Captain America #24

Civil War: Front Line #8

Introspection

Wolverine #48

Fantastic Four #540

Amazing Spider-Man #535

Civil War #5

Punisher War Journal #1

Fantastic Four #541

Civil War: War Crimes #1

Civil War: Front Line #9

Moon Knight #7 – #10

Fantastic Four #542

Amazing Spider-Man #536

Iron Man #14

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #14 – #16

Blade #5

Sensational Spider-Man #32 – #34

Winter Solider: Winter Kills #1

Final Battle

Amazing Spider-Man #537

Black Panther #24

Punisher War Journal #2

Civil War #6

Punisher War Journal #3

New Avengers #25

Civil War: Front Line #10

Civil War #7

Black Panther #25

Conclusion

Amazing Spider-Man #538 – #539

Fantastic Four #543

Civil War: Front Line #11

Ghost Rider #8

Very loose tie-in so passable if you want to get to the real meat below.

The single issue reading order is collected with using the Marvel Unlimited app in mind. I personally am not going to be reading it as a complete order. I am going to be reading the main miniseries, the New Avengers tie-ins, and then possibly Iron Man and a couple of others. Front Line was recommended, but after reading the first issue I was not overly impressed. It generally received good reviews, so I am willing to say that it is just not my personal taste.